A\N: I wanted to say thank you for your comments and your likes that means a lot to me!
I sorry I haven't updated, I just wanted to check if people actually interested to read this kind of crossover and you did! So I am going to continue writing and as promised now The league of assassins is coming to Storybrooke.
Chapter 2 – The league
"I worried about Regina, she tried so hard to be good. After we had brought Marian back and Robin's leaving I thought that was the last straw that will break her but she fought and firmly. So I just don't want it to be all for nothing..." Emma said
"I hope it won't be love, I hope it won't" Hook said.
The pair kept walking in the forest screaming Henry's name hoping to find him.
Isaac begun to gain conscious. he tilted his head up, noticing he was lying on hard floor. His vision cleared, he saw Regina and remembered everything that had happened in Rumple's shop. Then he noticed his leg was not injured anymore and a look of confusion came up to his face.
"I healed it." Regina said.
She saw the confused look he had was still on his face and sighed "I have no interest in you if you're dead neither annoying so I healed your leg"
Isaac had nothing to say so he shifted his gaze around the room they were in examining it.
Regina slipped her hand over her dress straightening it as she set down on a large wooden box. She crossed her legs and started to say "I want you to understand that you don't have much of a choice okay? As long as you going to collaborate you will be fine" She said, dismissing his questing look with a blink of an eye.
Isaac understood there is no point of arguing with her Regina already had proven herself to be someone who stands for her own word.
"I can't" Isaac said.
Regina directed her attention to the author "pardon me?" she asked him raising an eyebrow
"I can't write anything without my special pen and ink" Regina looked at him searching for any signs of lies but found nothing. The idiot was telling the truth.
"Okay, who has the pen and what kind of your-so-called special ink do you need?" Regina said with calm voice.
She needed to think clearly now. Isaac was quiet for a moment and said. "The Dark one has the pen and for the ink" Isaac paused "The ink is harder to get. I had it long time ago but have you ever wondered how the puppies' queen got her hair color?" Isaac said.
Regina in fact did thought about it but she just didn't care enough to ask.
"Okay, so Gold has the pen" she said thoughtfully.
Then Regina got up from the box and walked towards the entrance of the room when Isaac protested "where are you going?!"
Regina turned her head with a devilish smile and said "To find Rumpelstiltskin of course."
Rumple got out of his car, closing the door he saw his former student leaning over his car. 'something is different' he thought to himself. Rumple saw her focused on her painted nails. Then she looked away and spoke "A little bird whispered to me you got the author's pen. Correct me if I'm wrong"
Rumple rolled his eyes and chuckled humorlessly "It's obvious you had spent too much time with Snow White, weren't you your majesty? Correct me if I'm wrong"
Regina stood straight up and came a little bit closer to Rumple "I don't have time for your games! Give me the pen" she said impatiently
"and why would I do that? I know you already have the Author. I don't trust you though. I know you well enough and you don't exactly the sharing type" Rumple said looking at her.
"There even no such a word" Regina said annoyed and rolled her eyes.
"Just like you're not getting th- " Rumple was midsentence but suddenly he clenched his chest, and gasped in pain.
"What is it?" Regina ask.
Although she and Rumple had quiet complicated relationship, apparently she cared about him.
Rumple was her teacher, her mentor. she couldn't deny he was even a figure father to her, so yes she was a little bit worried.
"it's my heart" Rumple said
"it's turning black isn't it?" Regina asked him.
she knew a person can't keep doing bad things forever and apparently this was the dark one's time after all this centuries of living "Yes it is. and I promise you, you don't want to be there when it happens" Rumple slowly rose up back and leaned over the car like Regina did moments ago.
"I can handle a bit of darkness you know" Regina crossed her arms against her chest.
"oh, it's not just a bit of darkness dearie. when the darkness will take over, I will die and there will be only The dark one left." Rumple said breathing heavily.
Rumple knew he had no chance of surviving unless he will cooperate with her. Rumple decided his best chance was to give Regina the pen and hope she will find the ink.
"listen" Rumple said. He locked his eyes on hers "I know I had just told you otherwise but-" he paused to take a deep breath.
'Wow' Regina mentally chuckled in her mind 'look who is having a bad time with sharing now…'
"I'm giving you the pen." Rumple said. It was like he could almost visibly see Regina's nerves stretching "only if we'll make a deal."
"I am not making any deals with you Rumple. This isn't a game I told you that already! If you want to give me the pen than do that. Of course there's always other ways" Regina said.
She didn't want to make any other deal with him. She knew all too well the harm and the price that was the outcome of his deals. She didn't want to make a deal with him. Not now, not ever.
So Regina gave him an ultimatum. Rumple looked at her in the eyes. He knew she has respect to him although they had fought a lot and tried to kill each other countless of times they still had their special relationship. Their special friendship. And he knew she won't be so selfish and she will help him.
So with a sigh Rumple got the pen out of his suit and handed it over to Regina as he said "I hope you'll make some good choices with that. Don't screw it up"
Regina looked at him in the eyes, took the pen and said "don't worry. You had taught me well" she took the pen and disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.
After Regina was gone, Rumple used the little strength he had to teleport himself to his cabin in the woods. Now he just wished she would find the ink and use it also for saving his life.
Dying wasn't on his wish-list. Not his death anyway…
Regina was back in her vault and saw Isaac sitting in the same position as he set 5 minutes ago when she left him.
When Isaac noticed that Regina had returned he stood up eyes wide when he saw what she was holding in her hands.
"you got the pen!?" Isaac asked. The disbelieve was clear in his voice.
"of course I got it. I always get what I want" Regina smirked at him and dropt her gaze back to the pen, she was playing with it now, moving it between her fingers.
"now, tell me what I need in order to find the ink" Regina said and looked at him.
"it's impossible. To get the ink you need the Savior would turn dark and then use her blood" Isaac said.
'really?' Regina thought to herself 'does anything has to relate ?' she kept thinking for several seconds and then spoke
"so we need a Savior who turned dark" she said
Isaac nodded
"and their and only their blood would be use as an available ink?" Regina said still deep in her thoughts.
Isaac nodded again.
Regina teleported a little knife with her magic to her hand and Isaac looked at her, not understanding what she's doing.
"you said we need a 'Savior' who turned dark" Regina said seeing Isaac's questioning look.
"yeah, and last time I checked you're not on the Saviors\Heroes list…" Isaac murmured trying to hide his smile.
Regina, who heard exactly what Isaac said, ignored and said "that's the definition to the specific ink we're looking for."
"I am still not able to see where you heading with that" Isaac knew it was risky to push Regina's self-suppression's-limits but if she actually wanted to kill him she would have done that already wasn't she?
"A-n-y-w-a-y-" Regina stretched her word and Isaac got the massage. Yes. She was upset.
"Savior is someone who saves people, but it can be also someone who saved other person just one time or a few" Regina said.
By her look Isaac understood that was not the time or the place to leave annoying remarks. Not this time.
"well, I did save someone once but then I had turned dark. So yes, I am not a part from the Charmings or any other rescuing team for that matter but I did save someone once. And that's why my blood will work as an ink to write with."
Now Isaac got the idea she was into, and thinking about it she was right.
Regina took the knife and made a cut through the palm of her hand. Thick red blood run down her left hand leaving trails on her fingers like little streams.
She took a flask and dripped some of her blood into it. Then Regina put aside the flask and the pen. Now when her hands were free she waved her right hand over the other healing it with magic just as she did for Isaac 15 minutes ago, also cleaning it in the process. Now the wound she had created to herself moments ago was gone.
"I just really have to say this. you know-" Isaac started to say but stopped when he saw Regina was rolling her eyes.
"you don't have to take me seriously but as the author for-God-knows-how-long years I do not believe your blood will work" Isaac said.
"yeah and look where your believes got you. I heard about the entire story from Cruella. she had specifically detailed about the two of you" Regina replied and smirked knowingly.
She took the pen and the flask and handed it over to Isaac who held it very carefully like it's going to break any second.
"now you can write what I tell you"
Isaac knew Regina was right the ink will work and they have the pen. There's no stopping her now.
Regina eyed Isaac suspiciously as telling him not dare to do anything strange.
Then Regina teleported a book from the mansion of Merlin's apprentice like the 'Once Upon a Time' book for Isaac to write on it.
"what do you want me to write?" Isaac asked Regina once he was ready.
"first of all, I want you to heal Rumpelstiltskin." Regina replied
"Seriously? You can ask me to write anything you could ever dream of, anything you ever desired and the first thing you ask me for is to heal the Dark one from the consequences of his own doing?" Isaac raised an eyebrow.
Regina glared at him and said "I don't like to leave an open debt. And that's none of your damn business."
"fair enough" Isaac backed-up and started to write. A few second passed before Regina spoke
"well?" Regina asked him
"I did it. And if you don't believe me you're more than welcome to go and check him by yourself" Isaac said
"No I believe you. I had made myself clear enough about the consequences if you'll do otherwise of what I told you to" Regina said.
She went back to sit on the box she had set on minutes ago. "now the other thing I wanted you to write for me…" a smirk mixed with her regal smile was starting to spread over her face.
Meanwhile in the Charmings' loft
"Emma!" Snow called relived to see her daughter was well but shocked and worried as she could not spot her grandson with her.
"Where is Henry? Didn't you find him?" David asked.
"no, mate" Hook replied to him.
"I couldn't find him! He wasn't in the woods. Did you guys found Regina?" Emma asked
"No" snow said. "we have no idea where she is but it doesn't matter now! We got to find Henry before Cruella-" Snow couldn't finish her sentence because David put his hand on her shoulder and said "She won't. have faith we'll find and save him" David looked at Emma.
"So how do we find Henry now?" Emma asked
"We can go to Granny and ask for her help." Snow suggested
"Let's go" Emma said and was already half of the way out.
At granny's
Emma walked into the diner first, The Charmings and Hook right behind her. She walked towards the counter and placed her hands on it.
"Hi Em!" Ruby happily gritted her. "Wow" she said when she saw the rest storming in as well.
"What's going on?" Ruby asked and started to get worried. She could sense something was off.
"we can't find Henry. Cruella took him about 25 minutes ago and we came to ask for yours and Granny's help" Emma said
"of course we'll help!" Granny replied as she walked out from the back room.
"Thank you" Snow smiled at her
There was a ding of the belle announcing that someone got into the diner.
"My, my, don't get too worried darlings" everyone in the diner turned their head to the entrance and saw Cruella standing there. She was wearing her usual dress and her famous dalmatic coat.
"Where the hell is Henry?! you bitch!" Emma was getting out of her mind. Millions of different possibilities of Henry's where-abouts were running through her exhausted mind.
"Relax darling. Panicking won't get you closer to your son" Cruella smirked
"No, but punching you will!" Emma said
"So rude!" Cruella rolled her eyes and said "your dear son is alive and well but not thanks to you"
Emma knew Cruella was talking now about Regina
"what did she do?" Emma asked half of her does not even wants to know the answer.
"she is killing the author for me just as I asked you to. One simple mission and you couldn't even do it in order to save your son" Cruella said. Her tone as she speaks was lowering at each word but still, the diner was deadly silent and everyone heard Cruella perfectly clear.
"Regina won't kill the author! She is good now. A hero" Snow said not believing to the witch's sneaky words.
"She is right" suddenly Regina was in the diner and just like with Cruella, all of the diner's attention was now on her.
'she seems darker' Emma thought but didn't want to believe.
"Regina there you are! We were so- " Snow started to say but Regina cut her off
"Save it" Regina said not even looking at her.
"What do you mean?" Cruella got suspicious about Regina's declare
"We agreed you will kill the author!" Cruella did not like to be betrayed although the irony within it.
"Don't worry!" Regina was trying really hard not to roll her eyes
"I imagined you'll want the pleasure to do it by yourself. Won't you?" Regina eyed her with a knowing smile
Cruella looked at Regina not sure of what to do but she took the chance "Of course! Where is he?"
Regina mentioned with her hand to the diner's door she looked back to Cruella turned around and got out. As she expected they all followed.
'curiosity killed the cat' Regina thought to herself.
Then when everyone was out, Regina teleported Isaac from her vault and handed the exact same knife she had earlier to Cruella.
"Thank you darling!" Cruella was impassioned.
Isaac could not believe Cruella was actually going to kill him but he was wrong.
"We can't let you just kill him!" snow protested
"well it's a good thing you don't have a say in the matter" Regina put a magical burrier to keep the town's people from interrupting Cruella.
Cruella took a moment to memorize Isaac and then in a quick moment she stabbed him in the chest.
The author had died.
"well?" Regina expected for Cruella to fill her part of the deal now.
"Yes, yes your son is on his way here" Cruella replied still not over about what she just did.
As Cruella promised they all saw Henry running towards them. Emma was running to him and they met together midway both relived to see each other.
"You let her to murder the author?!" Snow was shocked
Rolling her eyes Regina said "You don't really know me. you think you do but the truth is that you don't"
"What is that supposed to mean?" David said
"That means- " Regina was interrupted by a loud noise of helicopter.
They all looked up and then they saw it. It was a black helicopter moving towards them.
"helicopter? Really? There was never helicopter in Storybrooke!" Emma declared
The helicopter was now closer and they could see black hooded figures, half body out of the helicopter and it seems like they starring on them.
A\N: I really hope you loved this chapter! Sorry I haven't updated earlier…
If you noticed this chapter was longer and also being written differently.
Please comment your thoughts :) I like very much reading them.